Heat Awareness
What is HRI? HRI stands for heat-related illness. For dogs, it is more often referred to by the signs or stages of the illness: heat cramps [...]
Celebrating a Special Bond
Celebrating a Special Bond Waterfowl hunters share a unique connection with their retrievers The dog is a lanky, curly haired, rather goofy fellow, and yet [...]
Labrador Retrievers
Labrador Retrievers What do you really know about North America’s most popular duck dog? The Labrador retriever is undisputedly the most popular duck dog in [...]
An Unsung Conservation Pioneer
An Unsung Conservation Pioneer By Paul Wait, Editor/Publisher If you hunt waterfowl in the United States, you buy one every year. Many hunters buy two. And why [...]
The Little Brown Duck Dog
The Little Brown Duck Dog By Paul Wait Like many small-town doctors of his day, Fred J. Pfeifer was a prominent, revered man in the [...]
Big Duck Guns
Big Duck Guns It’s 9 feet long, weighs 105 pounds — and during the market-gunning era — its 22-ounce charges could kill dozens of ducks in one [...]
Old Decoys, New Hobby
Old Decoys, New Hobby Rich history can be discovered through blocks of wood By Paul Wait Fifty feet down the first row of tables covered [...]
An Improbable Journey
An Improbable Journey How a 100-year-old duck boat found its way back ‘home’ By Paul Wait The unfamiliar voice on the phone took me by [...]
Dear Dad, There’s something I’ve been meaning to say…
Dear Dad, There’s something I’ve been meaning to say… By Paul Wait I don’t know if you still remember my first duck, but I sure do. [...]
Men Overboard
Men Overboard Many hunters call body booting ‘crazy,’ but these guys call it ‘fun!’ By Paul Wait A rising tide of water rinsed over my [...]